August wollenweber



(No Modem A. WOLLENWEBER.

SASH HOLDER.

4 No. 420,324. Patented Jan. 28, 1890.

WITNESSES:

the sashes.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST WOLLENWEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ARTHUR B. FLAOH, OF SAME PLACE.

SASH-H OLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,324, dated January 28, 1890. Application filed. August 20, 1889. Serial No. 321,349. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, AUGUST WoLLEN- WEBER, of the city, county, and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved sashholder by which the sash may be supported at any desired height without requiring sash cords and weights, and which also serve to prevent the rattling of the sash, as the holder produces the tight closing of the sashes at their meeting-rails.

The invention consists of a sash-holder which is formed of a metallic strip the ends of which are bent at right angles and guided in transverse recesses of the sash-frame, said strip being interposed between the sash-frame and the guide-strip of the same and pressed against the strip by spiral springs, which are inserted in the sockets of the sash-frame, the sash frame being depressed between the guide-recesses for the length and thickness of the strip, so that the same is flush with the surface of the sash-frame when fully pressed in against the tension of'the springs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a window, showing my improved sash-holder applied to both sashes. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 1 1, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is avertical transverse section through the sashframe, showing the sash-holder in side elevation on a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A in the drawings represents a windowsash,which is provided in both sides or stiles of its sash-frame with sash-holding frictionstrips B B, that are interposed between the face of the stiles and the guide-strips O O of The sash-holding strips B are made of suitable metal, preferably of steel, the ends being bent at right angles to the main portion of the same and guided in transverse recesses d of the sash-frame. The face of the sash-frame A is recessed between the recesses (Z (Z for the length and width of the sash-holding strips B, so that they are flush with the surface of the sash-frame when inserted into the recesses d. The sash-holdin g strip Bis forced in outward direction by means of spiral springs e, which are inserted into sockets e of the sash-frame, and which bear against the inner surface of the sash-holding strips B. The spiral springs cforce the strip B into frictional contact with theinner surface of the guide-strip C, so that the sash is supported thereby at any desired height without requiring sash cords, pulleys, and weights. The sash-holding strips B of the sashes also serve as anti-rattling devices, as they press the meeting-rails of the sashes tightly together, the strips 13 of the lower sash being arranged at the inner side and those of the upper sash at the outer side of their respective frames, as shown clearly in Fig; 2.

In sashes of larger size, which are preferred to be balanced by sash cords and weights, the spring-actuated strips B serve solely as antirattling devices and assist in keeping the sashes tightly closed atthe meeting-rails.

In car-windows the sash-holding strips are applied to the ends of the stiles, so as tobind on the window-casing, while in all other respects the construction of the sash-holder is exactly the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of a sash-frame having transverse recesses, a face recess or depression connecting said recesses, and sockets intermediately between said recesses with a sashholding strip having bent ends guided in the transverse recesses and spiral springs inserted in the sockets and interposed between the sash-frame and strip, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUG. 7 OLLEN WEBER.

IVitnesses:

PAUL GoErEL, W. REIMHERR. 

